The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-05-19

clear view Of the personality of the
man; and hence the heavier and more
technical writing necessary in his
tory of him in his official positions is
omitted, and the reader sees him as
his near friends saw him in his every
day life. There is an exhaustless fund
of humor in the book, embodied mostly
in the stories told by Lincoln himself.
The many pen-pictures drawn by
neighbors, friends, and associates, add
the charm of variety, and throw much
new light on this many sided :. chsrac-
ter. One closes the volume feeling
that he knows and understands much
better this martyred President whom
he thought he knew SO we'll before.
The book is superbly illustrated, con-
tanning several pictures of Lincoln and
the portraits of many leading charac-
ters, also picture of the Lincoln mon
ument in Springfield, Illinois: If the
biography of any man deserves place
in every American home, it is, surely,
| that OI AUtdtldui I1iu|oih.
The Forum magazine, in beautiful
gold and brown cover, from Septem-
Der, 1886, to April, 1887, makes
( superb volume of $40 pages, a monu-
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credit to all concerned, and a publ
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reason to be proud of. 1t is almost
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great work, since every reading Amer
lean knows its beauty and its value.
Its courteous editor, Mr.. LorIettus S.
Metcalf informs me that the forthcom-
ing June number Of the Forum will
contain an exceptionally interesting
contribution to its series on "Books
That Have Helped Me-" by Andrew
Lang-the one English writer, per-
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and erudition as will please every
reader. In same number Mr.. /. I.
Brooks has a paper on "Railway
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f of free passes by railroad companie:
has been carried on. 1t is in truth, 3
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litical and official life. Mr.. Brook.
has been the legal adviser Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company for th'
past years which affords him the larges
5 possible opportunity Of learning th'
full measure of this grand evil.
, Before ME lies a most unique vol
r ume of poems, by the Rev. ALFRED
Hummer, entitled: "The Sling O
f David and Other Poems" 1t is po
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S sode-the encounter between Davit
2 and Goliath. With almost liberal ex
t actness has the learned author followes
t the inspired narrative, and yet he ha
t expanded that brief account into
), descriptive poem Of some thirty page
S in length. Throughout this one ant
e the other poems Of the volume, has h
J. proved himself to be devout lover {
/ the art Of poetry. Several of the shorte
:. pieces are of humorous character an
e afford pleasing variety to the bool
e The introduction" by General Le
Wallace is in his usual happy vein.
l. is good to find a poet who can write
i naturally and unaffectedly; who ca
e take common things of life and ador
d them with an embroidery Of delica'
of thought, idealizing them, it may b
Of but yet enabling us to better unde
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E, which lie hidden in so much that "
e often pass unheeded. The gener
IS handsome makeup OF the volume is
S, credit to its publishers, Messrs. Hur
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ID Ernest Ingersoll in the June numb
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re scribe the ..Last Remnant Of Frontier
r "a portion of our country near Il
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of ern Pacific Railroad. Mrs. Harrie
y. Taylor Upton contributes sketch
rs, Mrs. Logan, which includes sor
ii. lively anecdotes of the period VIII
vs. General Logan was serving in t
ng field. --.r
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